Issue 16: City of Madeira charter amendments

The question, as printed on the ballot

An ordinance submitting to the electors of Madeira certain amendments to the City Charter for the purpose of modernizing the document. Shall Articles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XVI, and XVII of the Charter of the City of Madeira be amended as follows: *modernize terminology and gender references; add continuity and severability provisions; allow electronic notice of special Council meetings while increasing the minimum notice from 24 to 48 hours; clarify Council vacancy language; and move, without changing, the rule requiring three readings of ordinances and resolutions having the force of law; *allow Council to appoint a qualified person to perform the Manager's duties when the Manager cannot perform those duties for an extended period; *eliminate the Treasurer office created by the Charter and the authority to combine the Clerk and Treasurer offices; replace the requirement that the Treasurer sign and the Manager countersign expenditure warrants with authorization by the Manager; require Council members and the Manager to agree annually on an administrative threshold for contracts and purchases, with Council approval above that amount and administrative approval below it; and revise public contracting notice and bid selection provisions; *revise the Planning Commission's source of authority to include municipal legislation; remove its duty to submit an annual five-year capital improvement list; and allow the Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals not to meet when they have no business; and *replace the Charter's automatic protection of the Hosbrook House, Muchmore House, and Railroad Depot with Charter protection only for properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places or designated as historic by City ordinance; require qualifying properties to be preserved and maintained under applicable federal, state, and local guidelines to the greatest extent practicable; and provide that no property is subject to mandatory preservation, protection, location, or other restrictions under the Charter unless it is so listed or designated?